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All Saints' Episcopal Church
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| News for the Week of August 12, 2012 |
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Dear Friends,
I am happy to announce that this Sunday, All Saints' very own Jeanne Wirpsa will be our guest preacher. Jeanne is a board certified chaplain commissioned by the National Episcopal Church. For over 20 years, she has ministered to people with HIV/AIDS, children, hospice patients, and patients with life-threatening cancers. She currently serves at Northwestern Memorial Hospital.
Dent Davidson will also be with us this Sunday as our guest musician. Dent is the Associate for Liturgy and the Arts for the Episcopal Diocese of Chicago. He has been a professional church musician since his teens and he holds a degree in composition and vocal Jazz. You may recall that Dent was with us for Holy Week and Easter, and he is amazing!
Dent brings with him an extra special invitation: if you would like to help participate in Sunday's music, please show up 20 minutes before either service (we'll meet in the Parish Hall before the 9). We'll have a variety of percussion instruments you can use to help enliven our opening hymn. It's designed so anyone can join in, regardless of musical background - you don't even have to be a singer! Email Andrew (andrew@allsaintschicago.org) if you plan to join us, or just show up - all are welcome!
In addition to all of this talent, we have guest vocalist Jessie Oliver joining us. Jessie is a friend of Andrew Freeman's, and a talented opera singer who has been with us before. This is a Sunday not to be missed!
I want to thank everyone who participated in the memorial service for Steve Pike's son this past Thursday. So many of you stepped up to the plate to help out with the reception, the service, and in providing support and welcome to Steve's family. Thank you for your presence and all of your help. This was Christian community at it's very finest. Please continue to keep Steve and his family in your prayers.
This Saturday is Mobile Pantry at the Ravenswood School parking lot (4332 N. Paulina). Volunteers of all ages are welcome!
I will see all of you on Sunday!
Blessings,
Fran
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Help Ricky Pike's Family and Friends
TOMORROW, 11am
Please join family and friends of Ricky Ramon Pike, murdered son of parishioner Steve Pike, on Saturday, August 11, at 11:00 am in the 2100 block of North St. Louis (Palmer and St. Louis). We will distribute reward flyers asking individuals with any information about the murder to come forward. Contact Joey Sylvester for information or if you plan to participate at jlsylvester@rcn.com.
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Wheel of Awesome: Last Chance!
This Wednesday, 7pm
Sad, but true: this week is the final wheel of awesome for the summer. If you haven't been able to join us yet, it's not too late. Come for engaging and thoughtful conversation with snacks and beverages. There may even be some specialty cocktails courtesy of Andrew Freeman for our last session! Talk to Mike Mattson if you have any questions - hope to see you there!
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Awesome Yoga
Mondays in August
Yoga teacher and All Saints' parishioner Ruth Frey will teach a (free!) Gentle Yoga class on Monday nights in August. Join your friends and neighbors to stretch, breathe and relax in the All Saints' parish hall during this summer of awesome. Bring a yoga mat and a towel or small blanket. If you don't have a yoga mat, one will be provided. 6:30 to 7:45 pm on August 6, August 13, August 20 and August 27.
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News from Mexico
Via David and Karen Howe
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Padre Byron making a presentation
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While in Xalapa with our friends from Santa
Maria Virgen, we participated in daily meetings with Padre Byron, the Bishop's Committee (Vestry), and the community, learning more about the current state of the church, their needs and challenges. We also made a presentation about the history and mission of All Saints. In addition to Eucharist and Evening Prayer in the church, we attended, and were much impressed by, several prayer circles in homes of church members.
Of course, we have been well fed. Mexicans are well known for their hospitality! Great tamales, gorditas, mole, tortillas, and beans. The diet begins when we get back to Chicago!
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Colonia Veracruz holding "our" prayer books that Padre Byron had lugged up the hillside in his backpack.
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Particularly interesting was our visit to La Colonia Veracruz, a very poor neighborhood on the edge of Xalapa, reached by a dusty/muddy path up a steep hill. Padre Byron is in the first stages of establishing a mission here. Around an altar set behind a house, about 20 people, including a number of little boys, Padre Byron offered Evening Prayer and we all shared in a thoughtful discussion of the lesson. Afterwards we enjoyed the tamales we had brought (made by the mother-in-law of a Santa María vestry member), and the children attacked a rather amazing piñata of The Incredible Hulk. We will meet Jim Hanna in Mexico City in a few days to return to Xalapa for additional discussion, hospitality and the very special annual celebration in honor of Saint Mary.
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RCS Item of the Month: Diapers
Donations Needed
Ravenswood Community Services is receiving more and more requests for diapers sizes 3-6 and the supplies have run out. If you have extra whole packages of diapers or if you would like to purchase them for RCS, please contact Fran here or call 773-769-0282 to schedule a time to drop them off.
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Ordination of Ed Bird
Saturday August 25, 4pm
Mark your calendars. All are invited to St. Mary's in Park Ridge to celebrate the ordination of Ed Bird to the priesthood. Bishop Lee will preside, and The Rev. Dr. Ozzie Smith, Jr. will preach. A reception will follow at the church.
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Office and Staff Contact Info
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All Saints'
Episcopal Church Parish Office Phone: 773-561-0111 Fax: 773-561-1998 Email Addresses: firstname@ allsaintschicago.org The Rev. Bonnie A. Perry, Rector The Rev. Fran Holliday, Associate Rector Andrew Freeman, Director of Operations Jack Clark, Associate for Awesome/CROSSwalk Coordinator Ravenswood Community Services Office Phone: 773-769-0282 Email Addresses: firstname@ ravenswood communityservices.org Lori Gee, Executive Director: The Rev. Fran Holliday, Program Director: Liz Embler, Volunteer Coordinator/ Julian Year Intern
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Community Prayers and In Thanksgiving
please email info@allsaintschicago.org or call the Parish Office at 773-561-0111. For our prayers Margaret McHugh, Randy Davis, William J. Goins and his sisters Jean, Becki, and Glada, Judy Traverso, Pam Carter, Ahn, Dennis Hanks, Chuck Freeman, Anne Keller, Ann Frick, Reed Coles, Neal, Mark, Lydia, the Foley/Dutta families, the Rice family, John Logue, Norma Rodriguez, Mark, Neal, Anne, Bruce Robson, the family of Steven Sackett, the family of Rose Marie Cole, Mike Vuocolo, Sadie Mysen, the Juneau family, Joyce Mauro, Steve and Ann Walk, Clayton, Carol Smith, the family of Liana Fitzgerald, Claudia Peyton, Chris Colburn, Steve Brick, Anne Frey, Rowan Smith, Marge Ives, the Deppe family, the Pike family, Deb Mell. Birthdays 8/12- Isabel Hoskins, Michelle Hughes, Rebecca Russell, Bobbie Sanjuro-Torres 8/14- Annie Logue, Penny Penniston, Anton Pulung-Hartanto, Ashley Thom 8/15- Barbara Dufford, Ethan Hughes 8/16- Anne Cadigan, John Dickson, Rosie Hernandez, Todd Hoskins, Lauren Yekulis 8/17- Zoe Wechsler 8/18- Maureen Kupstas Anniversaries 8/12- Mike Kozubek and Mary Swanton 8/13- Mark Miliotto and Beth Taylor 8/16- Jerry and Stephanie Eichhorst, Harriet and Neal Lee 8/17- David and Karen Howe For Those Who Have Died |
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Check out our online calendar for the most up-to-date list of events and happenings at All Saints': http://allsaintschicago.org/connect/calendar.php
Please contact the Parish Office at info@allsaintschicago.org or 773-561-0111 to have an event or meeting added to the church's calendar. All meetings/events MUST be added to the calendar to ensure that the meeting/event has space reserved for it.
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